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Kugugugugugung..!

The ground beneath my feet shakes like crazy, and my body vibrates along with it.

However, that may not be the only reason why my body is shaking.

‘What a way to live…!’

From that gigantic flower, a powerful force emanated that would make an ordinary person faint.

In this world, the force emitted by monsters seemed to be called ‘magic energy’, but that was clearly a force full of life.

Rattling-

“Mr…fuck…what the hell is that…”

“Am I going to die.. here..”

“Ha..haha…”

Some of the mercenary members trembled with the fear of death that they had experienced for the first time in their lives, and some even laughed.

No matter how much experience you have in combat and monsters, it’s on a different level with 4-star monsters.

“Dan…Blind.”

Even Ceris called out to me with eyes filled with fear and a trembling body.

Seris had the potential to become a future sword master and become a legend, but that was only a ‘possibility’.

As of now, she hasn’t grown enough, so it would be a difficult opponent for even Seris to deal with.

Because of me not showing any action, the mercenary members and Seris’s pupils were gradually dying.

Is he lamenting his situation in the face of death? Or has he already given up on life?

‘under. Are you going to give up though?’

no. Never give up. No, I can’t.

Definitely kill that monster, and get out of this place without anyone dying.

‘Do you think I’ll just give in to this?’

I have been at the top of many games and have gone through many hardships.

Scams, teaming, hacks, and trolls. Those natural disasters came upon me without me being able to do anything about it.

‘But it’s not about eradicating monsters, is it?’

No matter how much a 4-star monster is called disaster itself, there is a clear weakness and death exists.

This means that if you keep stabbing, cutting, cutting, and breaking things, you will die.

and. Being persistent and not giving up is what I do best.

“Everyone!! Follow me! From now on, our Scar Mercenaries will exterminate the 4-star monsters!!”

With my body no longer trembling, I shouted so loudly that it reverberated throughout the room.

“Dan….Blind..?”

-under. I guess I’m going to die now…

-mother…

-That fried chicken from back then. I should have eaten a little more.

The mercenaries and even Seris look at me like I’m crazy. You might think that this is ridiculous stubbornness and an act steeped in bravado.

however. Do you really think I can’t do it?

“Did you completely trust the advice I gave you from the beginning?!”

“”……..!””

“Did I expect you to do tasks and training that you could not perform? ”

The eyes of those who had lost their will due to dead eyes begin to come back to life.

“I believe in myself and our Scar mercenaries! I’m not sure! We can defeat that 4-star monster!!”

“…..I believe it. Captain. Everyone follow the leader!!”

As if my cry had finally reached her, Seris adjusted her posture and shouted, glaring at Nepenthes.

-under. Fuck. okay. What can’t you do?

-It was thanks to the leader that I became a spearman. This time too, I just believe.

At Seris’s shout with all her might, the mercenary members also stood up one by one and grabbed their weapons.

“Everyone wake up! Shouldn’t our legend end because of this monster?!”

“Yes! That’s right, Captain!”

“….I will follow!!”

I had no intention of being defeated by a mere 4-star monster, and I also did not think that the Scar mercenaries would end here.

“Then follow me! Don’t let go of your weapon, even if it means breaking your hand, and never lose focus!”

Crackling-!

We all held our weapons tightly. Even if our hands are broken or cut off, our will will remain.

“Scar mercenaries, advance!!”

Aaaah-!

We ran towards Nepenthes with our will burning.

The appearance will be similar to that of David running to confront Goliath.

Poggrrr-!

Push, push.

Nepenthes also looked at our advance and started pulling out numerous stems from the ground while making strange noises.

The stems looked much larger and stronger than the largest stems seen in the previous battle.

‘You can cut it. can win..!’

However, it was weaker and smaller than our united will.

Human will is like a small drop of water, but if the droplets gather and struggle continuously, they can split even a large rock.

Pushuuk-!

“Inhale!”

Liquid- Kang-!

I barely dodged the flower stems rushing towards me and swung my sword.

A clear sound rang out as if it was hitting steel, not the stem, and it did not completely cut through my black stem, only digging into about half of it.

Ugh-!

Suddenly!

“…Phew.”

When I overlaid the sword with mana and added strength, the tough stem was finally cut down.

“Everyone listen while fighting! It seems that this stem can only be completely cut down with a weapon imbued with mana!”

Seokgeuk-kwajik-kwadeuk.

The mercenary members who heard my cry all at once applied magic to their weapons, and even the stems that seemed like they would never be cut began to be cut off one by one.

“Good. I can do this..!”

“Of course, leader…!”

We fought with even greater enthusiasm, feeling that our chances of winning were increasing.

“Ha pressure-!”

Creep – Creep –!

Naturally, the one who was most active in this chaotic battlefield was Seris.

While I was only able to cut off a single stem with a sword strike filled with all my magical energy, Seris cut down multiple stems with a single sword strike as easily as cutting a piece of paper.

‘good. can do..!’

Ordinary people would never have imagined it.

A 4-star monster can be defeated with just one mercenary group, and that with only a small number of people? You probably think most of the empire is fiction.

However, of course the mercenaries I selected were not ordinary people.

Each and every one of them was so outstanding and talented that they could easily target the leader of a mercenary group.

Suddenly!

Another stem is cut down by Seris. All that remains now is the body of Nepenthes.

Even Nepenthes’ main body was in tatters as it had received numerous attacks. I think we’ll be able to eradicate it soon!

Pow…grrr-!

Quad deuk..!

However, something strange happened.

Nependeath began to curl up her heavily wounded body.

“What are you trying to do?”

“I think I almost caught everything! Let’s kill it quickly!”

“I will take the lead..!”

At first, the mercenaries and Seris were puzzled, but Nependeath’s crouching posture looked like it was trying to defend itself.

Judging from Nepenthes’ wounds and slow movements, he guessed that he had been mortally wounded, and ran towards Nepenthes with his fighting spirit burning.

But… is that defensive stance… correct?

The sight of something writhing with the body contracted so tightly is like…

‘I’m collecting something…?”

“….Holy shit! Everyone run away! We have to escape from Nepenthes…!”

Push profit profit-!

As soon as I realized Nepenthes’ true intentions, I shouted at them, but Nepenthes released its crouching position and spit out a huge amount of powder faster than my voice could.

“K…huh…uh…my body…”

“Mr..foot. Why aren’t you moving..!”

“…only…blind…!”

The mercenary members who came into contact with the powder in large quantities from the front all stopped in place as if paralyzed.

‘Is it paralyzing powder…!”

Even though I was the furthest away and had less contact with the powder, my whole body felt tingly and I couldn’t even move a fingertip.

Pogrrr~!

That disgusting giant flower started shaking its whole body as if it was happy that its move worked.

It was an action similar to teabagging to a completely defeated opposing team.

Slurp-!

“Ugh…let go of this…!”

“My body doesn’t move…!”

“Cough… Vice-captain…!”

It wraps around Ceris and lifts it with one stem that is not healthy due to severe damage.

“Vice-captain Seris…!”

Pogrrrr~

It seems that the intention was to deal with Seris first, who was instinctively the strongest and most threatening.

Kkkdeudeuk!

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The stem wraps around Ceris and begins to tighten tightly. As the strong, steel-like trunk pressed hard, a crackling sound could be heard from Seris’ body even far away.

“Sweet…Blind…”

“Seris… Vice-captain…!”

Soon, I saw Seris looking at me earnestly with increasingly dying eyes.

‘Fuck. ‘How is there no way?’

My mercenary team members and I could only look at Seris, who was defenseless.

Unless your body starts to tingle… Wait a minute.

Sigh-!

‘It’s worth moving more than before.’

Since I was hit with the powder from the farthest, I think my paralysis went away a little faster than the mercenary members.

The biggest problem right now was that even inside my head, I felt dizzy, as if I was paralyzed.

Wake. We have to save Seris.

‘Wake!’

Phew!

As my body began to move little by little, I took out a knife and stabbed myself in the thigh.

Of course, I didn’t feel any pain, but my mind became clearer because I was in the body of my alter ego.

“Vice-captain Seris!”

Tadadadadak-!

I led my body, which had finally begun to move normally, wrapped my entire body in magic, and ran towards Nepenthes.

Po….Grrr?!

Sigh-!

Nepenthes made a surprised gesture and then threw the remaining bundle of stems at me.

Hwiik-kwaang-!

I dodged the stem and struck the stem with a sword filled with magic. Since each one was a strong stem, it was natural that they could not be cut down at once.

My hands start to tremble, and the stems begin to press more towards me.

“Aaaah-!”

I put all my magical energy into the sword and struck down the stem.

…squeak.

Jijijijijijik-! Suddenly!

At first, only a small gap appeared, but as he continued to slash at the gap, the stem bundle was cut in half.

Pogrrr-!!

good. All that’s left is that one body.

I ran towards Nepenthes, who was screaming and writhing in pain as he lost all his limbs.

This time, I will definitely cut out your weaknesses.

Tadadadadak-!

I approached Nepenthes, concentrated my magic on my feet, and rose high in the air.

I am reminded of information I saw in passing in the Monster Dictionary.

Nepenthes, whose entire body is as hard as steel and has excellent regenerative power, seems to have no weaknesses.

However, there is just one thing. Nepenthes has a weak spot.

In that petal, that is, in the back of the human head, there is a grain the size of a human head.

That grain is the core of Nepenthes, and if you can hit just that part, you can defeat Nepenthes.

….Before approaching it, it was stated that there were only a few hundred people who suffered from intense stem attacks, so there were very few successful cases, but anyway.

“Uaaab-!”

I rose high in the air, drew my sword and swung at Nepenthes’ weak point.

“Captain… Cough. Behind…!”

…back? After hearing Ceris speak in a dying voice, I looked behind me.

Soak-ae-!

Nepenthes must have been hiding it until the end, as a single stream rushed towards me.

Phew!

“…sigh.”

I recognized it, but it was so fast that I couldn’t react, so the stem stuck straight into my left abdomen.

I didn’t feel any pain, but my body felt like it was jerking to a halt and blood was leaking from my abdomen and mouth.

“No…no…!”

Seris’ voice of despair was heard. He probably thought I would die here without being able to fight back.

‘But, I can move?’

Of course, because it was an alter ego, there was no pain, and the body could move.

If it were my original body, I wouldn’t be able to move a finger due to the terrible pain, but what if it’s my alter ego?

Liquid-!

….Pogrrr?!

Suddenly. Thong, thong, thong…

I concentrated my magic power and cut out Nepenthes’ core.

Slurp… slurp.

As Nependeath’s new form collapsed, I was able to fall to the ground as well.

“Captain!!”

Because Nepenthes was dead, Seris must have been freed, and I saw her running towards me.

….ah. But why do you feel so sleepy? It seems a little blurry before my eyes…

“…cough. Vice-captain Seris…”

“Captain?! Come to your senses! Please open your eyes!!”

Tadadak-!

“Holy shit..!”

“Captain…”

Perhaps the paralysis had finally lifted, and other mercenary members came running towards me.

Hmm… I looked around closely and saw that no one was dead. I’m glad.

“Cough. Didn’t I… tell you that? We can do it… Cough!”

“Captain…! Do not speak..! The wound is getting bigger..!”

“…Don’t cry. Vice-captain Seris… It’s not like anyone dies…”

Cerise looks down at me and begins to shed tears. I heard sobbing and looked around with blurred vision to see that other mercenary members were also shedding tears.

‘no. Guys, I’m not dying.’

I’m fine. It’s because I’m tired. Are you saying that if I sleep a little, I’ll be fine?

“Cough. Cough…”

Of course, I was still spitting out blood, but it didn’t hurt, and it was at a level where I could feel better after sleeping for a while.

“Captain! Please come to your senses!!”

“Vice-Captain Seris…”

What is he saying now. It seems like Ceris is crying and saying something, but I can’t hear it clearly.

Ah… I think I’m going to lose my mind soon, but I still have to say what I have to say.

“Magic Stone… Nependeath’s Core… And take that sword… Cough.”

Mmmmm. You could get an unimaginably large amount of money for just the magic gemstone and core of a 4-star monster.

And that sword… I don’t know why, but it seems expensive.

Take care of what you need, guys. It’s all ours now.

“I’m going to… get some sleep.”

Ah… I just can’t stand it. Sleep a little, wake up and have an exciting time settling the bill!

“No…Captain! Please don’t close your eyes… please… please!! No way…!!”

“Sigh… Leader…”

“….Shit…lal. Sniff..”

I thought I heard something. I was so drowsy that I couldn’t stand it, so I just went to sleep.